Yelich beats throw to 1st in 9th, Brewers beat Cubs
MILWAUKEE » Christian Yelich drove in the winning run with the bases loaded in the ninth after beating a throw from third to avoid a double play, and the Milwaukee Brewers opened an important threegame series with the Chicago Cubs with a 4-3 win Monday.
The .316 hitter hit a 1-2 fastball from Jesse Chavez right at third baseman Kris Bryant, who touched third for the second out of the ninth before firing to first. The speedy Yelich reached safely just before the throw landed in the glove of the outstretched Anthony Rizzo, allowing Keon Broxton to score the game-winner from third.
Cubs reliever Steve Cishek
(4-3) loaded the bases in the ninth with a walk, passed ball and two hit batters. ATHLETICS 6, YANKEES 3 » Mark Canha homered and Matt Chapman hit an RBI double to back Trevor Cahill, leading Oakland past New York in a matchup between two teams in the AL wild-card race.
The A’s jumped on CC Sabathia early and pulled within
3 ½ games of New York for the first wild card.
Cahill (6-3) defeated the Yankees for the first time in seven career appearances, the only AL team he’d never beaten.
ATHLETICS 6, YANKEES 3 » Jakob Junis allowed two hits in seven shutout innings, Ryan O’Hearn homered twice and Kansas City won its seasonhigh sixth straight.
Junis (8-12) gave up a twoout single to Francisco Lindor in the third and a leadoff single to Yonder Alonso in the fifth. The right-hander hit a batter, walked none, struck out six and retired the last nine hitters.
ROCKIES 9, GIANTS 8 » Pinchhitter Noel Cuevas delivered a go-ahead, two-run single in the eighth inning and Colorado rallied after squandering a five-run lead.
On an afternoon when Trevor Story hit two homers off Giants ace Madison Bumgarner and the Rockies seemed in command at 7-2 after five innings, they needed the rookie Cuevas to come through with a clutch hit.
WHITE SOX 4, TIGERS 2 » Matt Davidson hit a two-run, gameending homer as Chicago scored three times in the bottom of the ninth for its eighth win in 11 games.
Davidson hit his 20th homer into the left-field bullpen on the first pitch his saw from Detroit closer Shane Greene (2-6) after Welington Castillo singled. Daniel Palka’s 21st homer to lead off the ninth tied it at 2. ASTROS 4, TWINS 1 » Alex Bregman homered for the third straight game and Yuli Gurriel also went deep to help Houston win its third straight.
Dallas Keuchel (11-10) scattered five hits over six innings and allowed an unearned run for his second straight win. Brad Peacock allowed a single with two outs in the ninth to load the bases but struck out Jorge Polanco to escape the jam and get his third save. NATIONALS 4, CARDINALS 3, 10 INNINGS » Bryce Harper hit a tying, two-run homer in the ninth inning, then delivered a sacrifice fly in the 10th that lifted Washington past St. Louis.
The Cardinals led 3-1 with one out in the ninth when Harper hit his 31st home run, sending a 96 mph fastball from closer Bud Norris over the center field fence.
PIRATES 5, REDS 1 » Reds star Joey Votto got a new shirt from a big fan at PNC Park, but Cincinnati wound up with little else against Trevor Williams and Pittsburgh.
In the middle of the fourth inning, Votto walked over to a fan sitting along the first base side who was wearing a T-shirt that read “Votto for President.” Votto asked for the shirt, and the man obliged — the suddenly bare-chested fan and Votto exchanged first bumps.